Defense in depth -- the Microsoft way (part 95): the (shared) "Start Menu" is dispensable
11 January 2026 at 05:24
Posted by Stefan Kanthak via Fulldisclosure on Jan 10
Hi @ll,the following is a condensed form of
<https://skanthak.hier-im-netz.de/whispers.html#whisper3> and
<https://skanthak.hier-im-netz.de/whispers.html#whisper4>.
Windows Vista moved the shared start menu from "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\"
to "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\", with some shortcuts (*.lnk)
"reflected" from the (immutable) component store below %SystemRoot%\WinSxS\
JFTR:...